The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund

The Ford Foundation

New York, NY

The Ford Foundation funds organizations, individuals, and ideas working to reduce inequality and advance social justice, including work in areas such as immigrant justice, criminal justice reform, gender equity, and arts and culture, through grants around the world. Its 2024 grants had a median of $100,000, with amounts ranging from $45 to $15 million; it does not accept unsolicited requests by mail, email, or phone.

The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Howard Gilman Foundation funds New York City-based performing arts organizations, presenters, venues, and sector service organizations, mainly through flexible general operating support. In 2024, grants ranged from $250 to $750,000, with a median of $35,000. It runs three funding cycles per year and directs applicants to its application information, so requests are accepted through its application process.

The Shubert Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Shubert Foundation provides unrestricted general operating support, primarily to professional producing theatres and secondarily to dance companies, with limited support for arts-related organizations and graduate drama training. Its 2025 grants ranged from $15,000 to $371,000, with a median of $40,000, for organizations across the United States and U.S. territories. It accepts unsolicited applications through its online portal.

The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Lucille Lortel Foundation supports theatre, including New York City companies’ operations, new-play development, and musical-theatre programming, with a focus on Off-Broadway. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $3,488,320, with a median of $5,000; most funding went to New York recipients, with some grants in Connecticut. It does not accept unsolicited funding requests; its general operating support program is limited to companies invited to apply and based in New York City.

Charitable Foundation Frost

San Antonio, TX

The foundation supports human services, education, arts and culture, human rights, animal welfare, and environmental work. Its 2025 grants ranged from $3,603 to $1,865,000, with a median of $10,000; all reported grants went to Texas recipients, though its website describes programs serving Louisiana and/or New Mexico. It accepts requests, with no formal deadlines stated in its filing; its website lists June 1 and December 1 deadlines.

The Theodore H Barth Foundation Inc

New York, NY

The Theodore H Barth Foundation supports organizations in health care, the arts, food assistance, and community services. Its 2024 grants ranged from $3,500 to $145,000, with a median of $15,000; most funding went to New York, followed by Washington, DC, and Massachusetts. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Communities Foundation of Texas Inc

Dallas, TX

Communities Foundation of Texas funds charitable work in health, wealth, living, and learning, with much of its grantmaking supporting North Texas nonprofits; its 2025 grants had a median of $18,779, though award sizes varied widely. Nearly all opportunities are by invitation, and its Nonprofit Gateway profile is not a grant application.

Greater Houston Community Foundation

Houston, TX

The Foundation makes grants through donor-advised and other donor-established funds for public benefit, human services, education, and health, including initiatives addressing economic mobility and poverty in Harris County. In 2024, its median grant was $25,000; it serves Greater Houston, while grants also go to recipients elsewhere in Texas and beyond. It does not accept proposals for the upcoming High-Impact Grantmaking cycle and plans to invite selected organizations or collaboratives to apply.

BNSF Railway Foundation

Fort Worth, TX

The BNSF Railway Foundation supports civic, cultural, educational, health and human services, environmental, and youth programs, as well as general operating costs, in communities served by BNSF across its 28-state network. Its 2025 median grant was $2,500; its current grants program lists awards of $1,000–$10,000.

Baker Hughes Foundation

Houston, TX

Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax

Fort Worth, TX

The Community Foundation of North Texas supports nonprofits through grants for areas including animal welfare, conservation, community development, nonprofit capacity, and opportunity, primarily in North Texas, including seven listed counties. Its 2024 grants had a median amount of $14,250, with awards ranging from $5,100 to $1.5 million. It offers competitive grants through application cycles; nonprofits cannot apply for donor-advised grants.